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  • Sunday, 8 December, 2019
    Technology sector
    Beijing orders removal of foreign computers and software

    Communist party directive aims to boost domestic tech supply chain

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Biometrics
    China survey shows facial-recognition abuse concern

    Personal data protection tops worries in first poll on controversial technology 

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Meituan Dianping
    China’s Meituan Dianping beats estimates with 44% sales rise

    Super-app group posts its second quarterly profit since Hong Kong listing last year

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Bitmain Technologies
    Civil war breaks out at China’s Bitmain

    Co-founder threatens to take legal action to regain control

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
    Didi Chuxing
    Didi’s relaunched Hitch to put curfew on women passengers

    Resumption of carpooling could boost lossmaking start-up as rival apps mount challenge

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    Bitmain Technologies
    Bitmain’s exiled founder returns in coup

    Turmoil at world’s largest cryptocurrency hardware maker

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    Chinese business & finance
    Xi’s endorsement of blockchain sparks China stocks frenzy

    President calls for more support and investment in the digital ledger technology

  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
    AnalysisTechnology sector
    Baidu, ByteDance and the perils of Chinese search

    As users flock to superapps such as WeChat, search engines fight for dwindling market

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
    Baidu Inc
    How China has overtaken the US in smart speakers

    Baidu passes Google in sales of voice-activated devices

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2019
    FT SeriesChina’s Slowing Pains
    Chinese dream readjusted: why aspirations dim

    Middle class grows more insecure as social mobility slows

  • Thursday, 19 September, 2019
    Fintech
    Alibaba and Tencent refuse to hand loans data to Beijing

    Chinese tech giants drag feet on government credit scoring initiative

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
    Huawei proffers $1.5bn to lure software developers

    Chinese group ramps up recruiting and offers up 5G tech to counter US sanctions

  • Friday, 30 August, 2019
    Driverless vehicles
    Didi Chuxing to launch robotaxi fleet in Shanghai

    City hopes to cut private cars by half within three years in Jiading pilot zone

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    Hong Kong politics
    US accuses China of acting like a ‘thuggish regime’

    Washington condemns Beijing for ‘leaking’ official’s personal details in Hong Kong

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
    Taiwan
    China suspends individual tourist permits to Taiwan

    Beijing brings economic pressure on pro-independence incumbent Tsai ahead of poll

  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    US-China trade dispute
    China trade softens in June as US tensions flare

    Exports drop as dispute between world’s biggest economies begins to bite

  • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
    Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
    Huawei founder predicts internet of things is next US battle

    Chinese company aims to corner global market through writing industry’s standards

  • Friday, 31 May, 2019
    US-China trade dispute
    China threatens to blacklist foreign companies

    Beijing targets groups that harm domestic businesses as trade dispute intensifies

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2019
    Semiconductors
    China pushes self-made chips in response to US threats

    Huawei ban sharpens focus but self-sufficiency is a long way off

  • Monday, 27 May, 2019
    US-China trade dispute
    Trade war inspires black humour on Chinese social media

    Lighter touch online contrasts with nationalist rhetoric against US in state press

  • Monday, 27 May, 2019
    Bytedance
    China’s ByteDance plans to develop its own smartphone

    TikTok owner hopes preloaded apps will spur sales but telecoms analysts are sceptical

  • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
    US-China trade dispute
    Hikvision braces for inclusion on US export blacklist

    Surveillance equipment maker faces threat of ban as Washington moves to target Chinese tech groups

  • Friday, 17 May, 2019
    Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
    Huawei turns to ‘Plan B’ on chip strategy after US blacklisting

    Ban could accelerate Chinese high-tech research and development 

  • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
    Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
    US chipmakers hit after Trump blacklists Huawei

    Chinese group may be prevented from buying or selling parts in US as trade war escalates

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
    Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
    Trump issues order laying ground for Huawei ban

    US companies will be effectively prohibited from using telecoms equipment made by Chinese group

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